Therein lies the magic of Buehrle...he doesn't have great stuff but 1) he is a great competitor and 2) he has his head on right. doesn't matter if he gets in trouble he just keeps trying to get outs instead of panicking and trying to do too much.

Love watching him pitch and he threw many games just like this when he was with the Sox. I remember against Pittsburgh in 09 he gave up like 13 hits but only 1 run. Miss ya Mark. Best of luck for the rest of way. Except against us.

Therein lies the myth of Buehrle...he always had good stuff, he just didn't throw hard. His change and curve could be downright nasty at times.

I'm not ready to throw in the towel because, potentially, this team has some pretty good hitters. They sure are trying to prove me wrong though.

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I'm not counting this homerun or his 3 RBI from today's game because of the game situation. I'm not counting his pinch hit solo homerun in a blowout win in Colorado. In my book, Crede has 2 less home runs than his statistics show, 4 less RBI, and one less walk (the one where he pinch hit for Uribe after coming in with a 3-0 count and taking one pitch).

I cannot think of a manager that "wasn't into it" that was good. I think it looks like he isn't into it because his team is so bad but I have no way of knowing one way or the other.

I think he's just bummed out by a ****ty team, but did he have aspirations of being a manager or did the Sox just call him up one day? If my former employer called me up and wanted me to run the joint, I'd say yes, even if I wasn't interested in doing it before.

Sadly, I also believe Robin's heart is just not in it. I believe he quits after this year. Why else would he turn down an extension?

His team does not seem as well prepared and as focused as they were last season.

I agree that Floyd and the offense was disappointing-but with some decent fundamentals they STILL should have been at least tied late in the game-

Dunn lets what looked like a playable ball down the line clang off his glove

De Aza can't get to a playable fly ball off the wall

De Aza misses cut off man- turning double into a triple

Green gets picked off 1st by MB- where the hell was Daryl Boston?

Do the Sox still take infield on the road like last year?

This DOES seem like 2007 all over again- Viciedo seems to be regressing at both the plate and in LF, De Aza looks like a 4th OF- not a starter/lead off hitter, Rios and Gillespie are playing well, TCM off to a good starting hitting, but can't get a bunt down, Dunn is just EPIC bad- and has been for his entire Sox career (exlcuding April/May of 2012), PK looks like age is getting to him, Flowers is a AAAA catcher, and Floyd/Axelrod are not in the rotation of a contender.

His team does not seem as well prepared and as focused as they were last season.

I agree that Floyd and the offense was disappointing-but with some decent fundamentals they STILL should have been at least tied late in the game-

Dunn lets what looked like a playable ball down the line clang off his glove

De Aza can't get to a playable fly ball off the wall

De Aza misses cut off man- turning double into a triple

Green gets picked off 1st by MB- where the hell was Daryl Boston?

Do the Sox still take infield on the road like last year?

This DOES seem like 2007 all over again- Viciedo seems to be regressing at both the plate and in LF, De Aza looks like a 4th OF- not a starter/lead off hitter, Rios and Gillespie are playing well, TCM off to a good starting hitting, but can't get a bunt down, Dunn is just EPIC bad- and has been for his entire Sox career (exlcuding April/May of 2012), PK looks like age is getting to him, Flowers is a AAAA catcher, and Floyd/Axelrod are not in the rotation of a contender.

No help on the way at Charlotte or Birmingham.

Yuck.

Makes me want to cry.

__________________Coming up to bat for our White Sox is the Mighty Mite, Nelson Fox.

If we can't hit the last two starting pitchers we've faced, then who are we going to hit? Really, really pathetic.

The lack of walks we've taken is amateurish.

I said that Floyd was the key member of the team this season. So far, he has been terrible and so has the team. Floyd has certainly had help, but he's really let the team down. It's ridiculous that he can't pitch decently in at least half his starts.

The team looks woefully unprepared. I hope Hahn has a short list of managers. He may need it soon.